Work Injury Chiropractor in Clive, Iowa

Work Injury Care in Clive, Iowa

Can a chiropractor treat a work-related injury in Iowa? Yes. Champion Chiropractic & Spinal Injury treats work-related spinal and soft-tissue injuries at 11050 Hickman Rd Ste A in Clive, serving the Des Moines metro. The clinic is led by Justin Luneburg, DC, FPSC(C), and provides examination, treatment, objective imaging interpretation, impairment rating, and written documentation suitable for workers' compensation review.

Not every work injury happens in one dramatic moment. Some start with a load that shifts, a pallet that catches, or a fall on a wet floor. Others build over months of overhead work, vibration exposure or sustained flexion, with no single incident to point to. Both are real injuries, and both have to be documented in a way someone who was not in the room can evaluate.

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What Counts as a Work Injury

The work injuries we see most often in Clive and the surrounding Des Moines metro fall into four patterns:

• Single-event lifting and twisting injuries. A load shifts, a pallet catches, a patient is transferred wrong. Disc and facet injuries frequently start here.

• Slip, trip and fall on a work surface. Ice in a lot, a wet floor, a ladder or step. These load the spine in ways the body is not braced for.

• Motor vehicle crashes while working. Delivery drivers, route sales, service techs, anyone in a company vehicle. Clinically these are the same injuries we treat in any auto-injury case.

• Cumulative and repetitive strain. Overhead work, vibration exposure, sustained flexion. There is no single incident to point to, which is exactly why the documentation has to be stronger.

Objective Findings, Not Just Reported Pain

In a routine case the record exists for one reason: to guide your care. In a work injury the same record is read by people who were not in the room — an employer, a claims adjuster, a nurse case manager, sometimes an independent medical examiner hired to disagree with it.

That is why the emphasis here is on objective and demonstrative spinal injury imaging and reports — findings a third party can see and measure rather than take on faith:

• Measured segmental motion. Intersegmental translation and angular motion where clinically indicated, supported by computerized radiographic mensuration analysis.

• Documented orthopedic and neurological testing. Specific reproducible findings, not a general clinical impression.

• Imaging interpretation. Radiographs on site, including motion and stress views where instability is suspected. Advanced imaging is referred out and interpreted here.

• Impairment rating under the AMA Guides when a case reaches that point.

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What Your First Visit Includes

1. History and mechanism. What you were doing, how the load was applied, what you felt and when. Mechanism drives everything downstream.

2. Examination. Range of motion, orthopedic testing, neurological screening, palpation and functional assessment.

3. Imaging, if indicated. Radiographs on site. Where instability is suspected, motion and stress views that a static film cannot show.

4. Findings explained to you in plain language. What is injured, what it means, and what recovery realistically looks like.

5. A written plan with frequency, duration, expected milestones, and the criteria we will use to say you are done.

When we refer out: a spine-focused clinic that never refers is not being careful. We coordinate referral for advanced imaging, neurology, pain management, orthopedic or surgical consultation when the findings call for it, and we say so in the record.

Working with your employer, adjuster or attorney: we provide requested records promptly and in a form that is actually usable — narrative reports, imaging interpretation, work restrictions, and impairment rating where applicable. If you are represented, we work directly with your attorney. If you are not, we still document the case to the same standard. Justin Luneburg, DC, FPSC(C) also provides Daubert-qualified expert testimony when a case requires it.

Hurt at Work? Get Examined and Get It Documented.

Get seen early. Early examination captures findings while they are present and establishes a clear timeline between the incident and the injury — a gap in the record is the first thing a reviewer looks for. Bring your claim paperwork and any records or imaging you already have; we will review them and pick up from there.

Champion Chiropractic & Spinal Injury · 11050 Hickman Rd Ste A, Clive, IA 50325 · (515) 777-1014